How do I enter vessel positions from an Incoming Message? 
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To enter vessel positions from an incoming message:

  1. To enter a ship's position from the Incoming Message module you must make sure the box marked positions located at the top of the Incoming Message screen is checked.
  2. To check the positions box just click in it with your left mouse button.
  3. Highlight the the ship's name.
  4. To highlight the ship's name click the left mouse button and sweep over it until the ship's name turns blue.
  5. Do not highlight 'M/V' which often precedes a ship's name.
  6. If the ship you are updating a ship that is not in your data base a dialog box will pop up asking Add New Ship?
  7. Click the Yes button.
  8. A dialog box will pop up asking: Please Enter Code.
  9. Enter a Mnemonic for the ship and click the OK button.
  10. You will be placed in the Ship Maintenance Module where you can enter the ship's specifications.
  11. Enter the vessel specifications and click the Save Changes button.
  12. Go back to the Incoming Message and you will see the ship's position has bee updated.
  1. Follow steps 1-4 as outlined above.
  2. A dialog box will pop up showing the ship's name, deadweight, port, zone, laydays, broker and date this information was last updated.
  3. When updating a ship's position for the first time you must always choose to Replace broker 1.
  4. If you are not updating the ship's position for the first time you can keep or replace the existing brokers.
  5. The laycan (open/close) dates are preset to a 10 days spread.
  6. To change the spread of the laycan click on the pull down arrows located beside the open/close dates.
  7. The zone can also be changed by clicking the pull down arrows located beside the zones.